I offer a broad range of health and wellness services as well as nutritional, herbal, and homeopathic products. I currently serve residents of Monterey County California and surrounding areas, although my remote work via telephone and email is starting to gain traction.

Acupuncture Practice

I practice a type of "Distal Point Acupuncture" known as "The Balance Method" developed by Richard Tan O.M.D. Distal Point Acupuncture is over 2,500 years old and is derived from Classic Chinese concepts including the "I Ching", one of the oldest books in the world, the "Ba Qua" or "Eight Directions", and the polarity known as "Yin and Yang". With the Balance Method, the acupuncture points used are predominantly located from the elbows to the fingers, and from the knees to the toes. I do also use some points on the head, ears, and elsewhere. Consequently, the patient does not have to take off any clothes to enjoy the healing process. The treatments are efficient and generally comfortable, and my patients indicate these treatments are extremely effective. Pain relief is typically realized to some degree within minutes and long lasting relief over a series of treatments is at least 80%.

I frequently utilize a technique called Applied Kinesiology (also refereed to as "AK") during my diagnostic processes. AK has been evolving since developed by Dr. George Goodheart in 1955. Using certain sequences and certain reference points, muscle groups will either respond strongly or weakly depending on a presented or pondered situation. With muscle testing, the energy of beneficial nutrition or system stressors such as Heavy Metals may be identified and addressed. Like any testing (allopathic, natural, scientific) AK responses are always subject to error and/or misinterpretation, BUT it is surprising at how often it can help identify the contributing factors that affect health. AK relies on principals that are similar as those those that trigger elevated galvanic skin responses measured by polygraph machines.

AK is an art form. It takes time to learn how to use it, it takes time to know when it can be used, and it takes time to know when it is likely to provide false responses. If you are not familiar with Muscle Testing/AK, you owe it to yourself to experience AK with a skilled practitioner so you can discover the benefits for yourself. ​

Conditions Treated

I have received referrals from a wide variety of Western Doctors as well as other Alternative Wellness Professionals, and I will gladly refer out patients to Western Doctors and other Alternative Wellness Professionals if I believe they have better tools to meet a patients needs. Acupuncturists in general are a great place to start with most non-emergency room type conditions. The list of conditions below represent the types of conditions that patients have presented with in my office. If your symptoms or conditions are NOT on this list it does not mean I haven't seen them before or treated them, so please call or email to ask about anything not on this list.